PROLOGUE
I stared out at the window as the snow piled up in heaps outside the house. I could hear the grumbling of my parents fighting downstairs and the shuffling of Marlene sleeping. I start creeping downstairs as quietly as possible to hear what they're fighting about, they've been fighting a lot lately but normally it's over something stupid like who left the lid off the peanut butter. I sensed this was something more serious.
The further I get downstairs the more worried I get. They might break up if they keep fighting. They love each other; of course they won't break up. I wait next to the door listening "PLEASE DONT LEAVE FOR THE GIRLS" my mum pleads. What! My dad is leaving?
I don't hear my dad respond but there is some shuffling. "Just stay please." I hear some more shuffling "I'm sorry I have to go," my dad confirms. Tears start rolling down my cheek.
The door swings open and my dad looks down at me, I'm shaking while tears stream down my face. "Oh Tris," he whispers, cupping my face in his hands and planting a kiss on my head "I love you and I always will." With that he stands up and walks out the house into the freezing cold snow. That was the last time I ever saw him.